Elbows Up: BodyBreaks Hal and Joanne teach an exercise for the times – National [Video]

Good form is essential to injury while exercising, and now Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod are telling Canadians to get those elbows up — and keep them up.

The duo, known for encouraging generations of Canadians to keep fit and have fun through their BodyBreak commercials, are the latest to enter the political fray amid trade war tensions with the U.S. and President Donald Trump‘s repeated rhetoric about making our nation the so-called “51st state.”

Using kettlebells, the couple shows Canadians how to perform an “Elbows Up exercise,” riffing off the term popularized by hockey legend Gordie Howe, which has now become a rallying cry for national unity and defending Canada against Trump’s threats.

“No better time like the present for Canadians to be strong,” McLeod says to kick off the YouTube video, deploying the positive and energetic spirit BodyBreak has long been known for.

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